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1992-03-30 Morell to Cassels ... MICHAEL WM. MORELL ATTORNEY AT LAW 310 WEST COLLEGE AVENUE ADMINISTRATIVE AND GOVERNMENTAL LAW TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA 32301-1406 ALSO ADMITTED IN TnE ENVIRONMENTAL AND LAND USE LAW DISTRICT Of COLUMBIA (x04) 428•6300 SUN (904) 428.8301 FACSIMILE March 30, 1992 VIA FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION 813/763-1031 and U.S. MAIL John D. Cassels, Jr. •• Okeechobee County Attorney 400 N.W. Second Street P.O. Box 968 Okeechobee, Florida 34973 Re: Public Records Request for Documents concerning the Okeechobee County Comprehensive Plan Dear John: �I. As you are aware, I am special counsel to the City of Okeechobee for land use planning matters . It was a pleasure to meet you in person at your office last Wednesday, March 25, 1992 aim after having spoken with you by telephone on a number of occasions during the last few months . I look forward to working with you in the future in your capacity as the Okeechobee County Attorney. This is a public records request pursuant to Chapter 119, Florida Statutes . Although this letter is directed to you, I am providing a copy of the request to Acting County Administrator Dave Riviera and the County's planning consultant, Bill Miller. I assume that either Dave or Bill are the custodians of the records who will be preparing the County's response to this request. If my assumption is incorrect, please immediately inform me by telephone who is the custodian and provide a copy of this letter to that person. The City of Okeechobee is an affected person who desires to participate in the review and adoption proceedings for the Okeechobee County Comprehensive Plan.. The City would like to review the proposed goals, objectives and policies (GOPS) to the comprehensive plan, the proposed revisions to the data and analysis upon which the GOPS are based, the County's adoption ordinance and any other proposed documents to be submitted to the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) in response to DCA' s Objections, Recommendations and Comment Report (ORC Report) which was issued on January 29, 1991. Exhibit "D" S MICHAEL WM. MORELL ATTORNEY AT LAW wog 310 WEST COLLEGE AVENUE ADMINISTRATIVE ANO GOVERNMENTAL LAW TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA 32301.1406 ALSO ADMITTED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND LAND USE LAW DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (904) 423-9300 xM (904) 423.9301 FACSIMILE March 30, 1992 VIA FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION 813/763-1031 and U.S. MAIL John D. Cassels, Jr. Okeechobee County Attorney 400 N.W. Second Street P.O. Box 968 41111 Okeechobee, Florida 34973 Re: Public Records Request for Documents concerning the Okeechobee County Comprehensive Plan Dear John: — As you are aware, I am special counsel to the City of Okeechobee for land use planning matters . It was a pleasure to meet you in person at your office last Wednesday, March 25, 1992 after having spoken with you by telephone on a number of occasions during the last few months . I look forward to working with you in the future in your capacity as the Okeechobee County Attorney. This is a public records request pursuant to Chapter 119 , Florida Statutes . Although this letter is directed to you, I am providing a copy of the request to Acting County Administrator Dave Riviera and the County' s planning consultant, Bill Miller. I assume that either Dave or Bill are the custodians of the records who will be preparing the County' s response to this request. If my �.. assumption is incorrect, please immediately inform me by telephone who is the custodian and provide a copy of this letter to that person. The City of Okeechobee is an affected person who desires to participate in the review and adoption proceedings for the Okeechobee County Comprehensive Plan. The City would like to review the proposed goals, objectives and policies (GOPS) to the comprehensive plan, the proposed revisions to the data and analysis upon which the GOPS are based, the County' s adoption ordinance and any other proposed documents to be submitted to the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) in response to DCA' s Objections, Recommendations and Comment Report (ORC Report) which was issued on January 29, 1991 . aif MS r.. John D. Cassels, Jr. March 30, 1992 Page Two Specifically, the records the City requests copies of are the urn following: ( 1) A copy of the Data and Analysis document which was submitted to DCA for review and which was the subject of the Department's ORC Report. (2) A copy of proposed revisions to the Data and Analysis document referenced in ( 1) above which will be considered by the Board of County Commissioners at the public hearing in response to the Department's objections contained in the ORC Report. ( 3) The most recent proposed revisions to the County plan' s goals, objectives and policies . (The City has a copy of the 6th revision draft dated March 19, 1992 and would like a copy of any proposed revisions to the GOPS developed either at or subsequent to the workshop held on March 19, 1992 . ) (4 ) A copy of the most recent version of the draft ordinance by which the Okeechobee County Comprehensive Plan will be .. adopted. ( 5) The most recent versions of proposed drafts of the following items required by DCA Rule 9J-11 . 011, Florida Administrative Code, if they are available before the public hearing. ( If proposed drafts are not available before the public hearing, please provide the City with copies of the final versions of these documents upon their submittal to DCA) : ion (a) A copy of the adopted plan; (b) A listing of additional changes made in the adopted plan which were not previously reviewed by the Department; (c) A listing of findings of the local governing body, if any, which were not included in the ordinance and which provided the basis of the adoption of a proposed plan; and (d) A statement indicating the relationship of the additional changes not previously reviewed by the Department to the comments, objections and recommendations of the Department. Jo. John D. Cassels, Jr. March 30, 1992 Page Three The City would like to obtain copies of these records as soon as possible so that it may review them in advance of the public hearing on the comprehensive plan which has been noticed and scheduled by the Board of County Commissioners for this Thursday evening, April 2, 1992 at 7 : 30 p.m. Please call the Office of City Administrator John Drago at 813/763-3372 as soon as possible to inform him of any cost of duplication and when copies of the requested records may be picked up. o. Thank you in advance for your time and consideration. With best personal regards, I am Sincerely, AIN 14AINJW12 Michael Wm. Morell MIN MWM:mm cc. Acting County Administrator Dave Riviera Bill Miller John Drago, City Administrator oo r.